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Diversity

Arbury is a lively diverse place, where people of different faiths and cultures coming together to create a strong and vibrant community.

It is home to both a Sikh temple, Gurdwara on Arbury road, as well as the Omar Faruque Mosque and Cultural Centre on Kirkwood Rd.

Estate life

Arbury was originally known as the 'Arbury Estate'.

Its strong sense of community has its roots in the post housing boom. After the Second World War, there was a desperate need for new houses and the land at Arbury, much of which was then taken up with smallholdings and poultry farming, seemed the perfect spot to build.

The first home in Arbury went up in 1955 and there was extensive further building in the 1960s.

Arbury Court had £200,000 invested into it as part of a redevelopment scheme

History

This northern section of the city has been occupied by people for many centuries. In Roman times there was a fort there.

In the 1950s, stone coffins from the second century were discovered, as well as the remains of a Roman villa and mausoleum.

In medieval times, a circular earthwork was visible just to the north of where Arbury Road meets Histon Road, now part of Orchard Park.